Purpose of the Conference

International Conferences for Undergraduate and Graduate Students of Applied Mathematics (SCAM/ISCAM) were organized by two faculties of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. Professor Zdenka Riečanová from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology and professor Radko Mesiar from the Faculty of Civil Engineering were guaranties of these conferences in years 1999-2007. The original idea was to bring together graduate students in various areas of mathematics relevant for applications. This idea is preserved as well as the rule that allows "fresh" PhD holders up to one year after their defense to participate activelly and give a talk as the last good-bye presentation after ending their student period.

After one-year pause, the ISCAM is again organized in a new guise. Since 2009, the ISCAMI extends its scope by informatics and it is co-organized by the Department of Mathematics of Faculty of Civil Engineering (Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava) represented by Radko Mesiar and by the Institute for Research and Applications of Fuzzy Modeling (University of Ostrava) represented by Vilém Novák. Venue will alter between Bratislava to keep the original nature and tradition of the ISCAM conference and an unspecified locality situated in mountains close to Ostrava to provide participants with manifold surroundings.

Since 2017, we have happily accepted the third institutional co-organizer – Czech Technical University in Prague represented by Jozef Bobok from the Faculty of Civil Engineering. This strengthens the organization team and moreover, opens a possibility of organizing future ISCAMI conferences in new localities.